Benefits of a shorter workweek
Working fewer hours leads to happier, healthier, and more engaged workforces.
- Shorter hours allow people to feel more rested and better able to juggle caring needs.
- A 2021 study found that reduced working hours kept burnout, boreout and depression at bay.
- A 2017 study showed reducing working hours by 25% improved sleep and lowered stress.
- A 1990 study showed working only six hours a day improved workers' family lives.
- A 2019 study found happy workers are 13% more productive.
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